We went to the”Lagunas de Montebello” National Park, which is located on the high plateau in the province of Chiapas, between 1500 and 1800 meters above sea level, right next to the border of Guatemala. The National Park has 59 turquoise lakes and evergreen forests that made us feel right at home. There were plenty of firs, pines and green forest there, and the smell of grilled hot dogs made us expect to see Scandinavian animals in the forest, anxiously gaze out over the lake while they quench their thirst. We also visited a collection of waterfalls, las cascadas el Chiflón, and got to touch magical turquoise water. We have also learned a new word for waterfall, La Cascada (Spanish), that will end up in our collection of words for waterfall, where English (waterfall) and lao (Tad) can be found!

We took a guided tour, because we do not want to go by ourselves on the Mexican roads, and during our tour we saw several “tolls” that were pure scams, where people put up flashing cones and holding up a piece of string with small flags on, and if you are an ignorant tourist, you perhaps stop when you see them. Our driver just drove through them, and it was nice to just sit and look out over the Mexican highland plateau.

Vi fick för första gången uppleva den mexikanska landsbygden i dagljus genom fönstren på vår bil som skulle ta oss nära gränsen till Guatemala! We got to experience the Mexican countryside in the daylight for the first time through the windows of our car, that would take us near the border with Guatemala!

Första stoppet på dagen var vid vattenfallen vid las Cascadas El Chiflón! The first stop of the day was at the waterfalls at las Cascadas El Chiflón!

Färgen på vattnet är magisk! The color of the water is magical!

Cascada Ala de Angel!

Det var över 20 grader på dagen, som kändes som 30 grader, så vi hade det svettigt och skönt! It was over 20 degrees during the day, which felt like 30 degrees, so we had it all sweaty and warm!

Cascada la corona!

Utsikten vi hade på vår väg mot nationalparken Lagunas de Montebello! The view we had on our way to the Lagunas de Montebello National Park!

Laguna Tziscao, Tziscaosjön! Bergen på andra sidan sjön är Guatemala, så nära att vi nästan kunde känna lukten av Guatemala! Laguna Tziscao, Lake Tziscao! The mountains on the other side of the lake is Guatemala, so close that we could almost smell Guatemala!

En mexikansk tall! A Mexican pine tree!

Det är långa barr på de mexikanska tallarna! There are long needles on the Mexican pines!

Vi hittade även kottar från granarna vid Lagunas de Pojoj ! We also found fir cones from the fir trees at the Laguna de Pojoj!

Med kaffe i handen så kändes det som om vi satt hemma vid någon sjö i Sverige och väntade på att den grillade korven skulle bli klar! With coffee in our hands, it felt as if we were sitting at home at any lake in Sweden, waiting for the grilled sausage would be served!

Nästan så att man tror att man står i en skog i Sverige när man kollar på barken! Almost that you think you are in a forest in Sweden when you look at the bark!